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Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below. 

The public portions of the 

applications listed below, as well as 

other related filings required by the 

Board, if any, are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 

Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and at 

the offices of the Board of Governors. 

This information may also be obtained 

on an expedited basis, upon request, by 

contacting the appropriate Federal 

Reserve Bank and from the Board’s 

Freedom of Information Office at 

https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/ 

request.htm. Interested persons may 

express their views in writing on the 

standards enumerated in the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). 

Comments regarding each of these 

applications must be received at the 

Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of 

the Board of Governors, Ann E. 

Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th 

Street and Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20551–0001, not later 

than January 8, 2024. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 

(Holly A. Rieser, Senior Manager) P.O. 

Box 442, St. Louis, Missouri 63166– 

2034. Comments can also be sent 

electronically to 

Comments.applications@stls.frb.org: 

1. Guaranty Capital Corporation, 

Belzoni, Mississippi; to merge with 

Lafayette Bancorp, Inc., and thereby 

indirectly acquire Oxford University 

Bank, both of Oxford, Mississippi. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System. 

Michele Taylor Fennell, 

Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27031 Filed 12–7–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Change in Bank Control Notices; 

Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or 

Bank Holding Company 

The notificants listed below have 

applied under the Change in Bank 

Control Act (Act) (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and 

§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 

CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank 

or bank holding company. The factors 

that are considered in acting on the 

applications are set forth in paragraph 7 

of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). 

The public portions of the 

applications listed below, as well as 

other related filings required by the 

Board, if any, are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 

Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and at 

the offices of the Board of Governors. 

This information may also be obtained 

on an expedited basis, upon request, by 

contacting the appropriate Federal 

Reserve Bank and from the Board’s 

Freedom of Information Office at 

https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/ 

request.htm. Interested persons may 

express their views in writing on the 

standards enumerated in paragraph 7 of 

the Act. 

Comments regarding each of these 

applications must be received at the 

Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of 

the Board of Governors, Ann E. 

Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th 

Street and Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20551–0001, not later 

than December 26, 2023. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 

(Karen Smith, Director, Mergers & 

Acquisitions) 2200 North Pearl Street, 

Dallas, Texas 75201–2272. Comments 

can also be sent electronically to 

Comments.applications@dal.frb.org: 

1. Nicholas Andrew Davis, Midland, 

Texas; to join the Davis/Maddox Family 

Group, a group acting in concert, to 

acquire voting shares of First West 

Texas Bancshares, Inc., and thereby 

indirectly acquire voting shares of West 

Texas National Bank, both of Midland, 

Texas. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System. 

Michele Taylor Fennell, 

Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27030 Filed 12–7–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT 

INVESTMENT BOARD 

Notice of Board Meeting 

DATES: December 14, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. 

EST. 

ADDRESSES: Telephonic. Dial-in (listen 

only) information: Number: 1–202–599– 

1426, Code: 675 746 624#; or via web: 

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetupjoin/19%3ameeting_

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kimberly Weaver, Director, Office of 

External Affairs, (202) 942–1640. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Board 

meeting agenda. 

Open Session 

1. Approval of the November 14, 2023, 

Board Meeting Minutes 

2. Monthly Reports 

(a) Participant Report 

(b) Investment Report 

(c) Legislative Report 

3. Quarterly Reports 

(d) Vendor Risk Management 

4. Semi-Annual CLA Review 

5. 2024 Board Calendar Review 

6. Social Science Update 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b (e)(1). 

Dated: December 5, 2023. 

Dharmesh Vashee, 

General Counsel, Federal Retirement Thrift 

Investment Board. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26969 Filed 12–7–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

[File No. 232 3035] 

ExotoUSA LLC—Old Southern Brass; 

Analysis of Proposed Consent Order 

To Aid Public Comment 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed consent agreement; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The consent agreement in this 

matter settles alleged violations of 

Federal law prohibiting unfair or 

deceptive acts or practices. The attached 

Analysis of Proposed Consent Order to 

Aid Public Comment describes both the 

allegations in the complaint and the 

terms of the consent order—embodied 

in the consent agreement—that would 

settle these allegations. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 8, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file 

comments online or on paper by 

following the instructions in the 

Request for Comment part of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below. Please write ‘‘ExotoUSA LLC— 

Old Southern Brass; File No. 232 3035’’ 

on your comment and file your 

comment online at https://

www.regulations.gov by following the 

instructions on the web-based form. If 

you prefer to file your comment on 

paper, please mail your comment to the 

following address: Federal Trade 

Commission, Office of the Secretary, 


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600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 

CC–5610 (Annex V), Washington, DC 

20580. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Harris (202–326–3620), 

Attorney, Division of Marketing 

Practices, Bureau of Consumer 

Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 

600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20580. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 6(f) of the Federal Trade 

Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and 

FTC Rule section 2.34, 16 CFR 2.34, 

notice is hereby given that the abovecaptioned consent agreement containing 

a consent order to cease and desist, 

having been filed with and accepted, 

subject to final approval, by the 

Commission, has been placed on the 

public record for a period of 30 days. 

The following Analysis to Aid Public 

Comment describes the terms of the 

consent agreement and the allegations 

in the complaint. An electronic copy of 

the full text of the consent agreement 

package can be obtained at https://

www.ftc.gov/news-events/commissionactions. 

You can file a comment online or on 

paper. For the Commission to consider 

your comment, we must receive it on or 

before January 8, 2024. Write 

‘‘ExotoUSA LLC—Old Southern Brass 

File No. 232 3035’’ on your comment. 

Your comment—including your name 

and your State—will be placed on the 

public record of this proceeding, 

including, to the extent practicable, on 

the https://www.regulations.gov 

website. 

Because of heightened security 

screening, postal mail addressed to the 

Commission will be subject to delay. We 

strongly encourage you to submit your 

comments online through the https://

www.regulations.gov website. If you 

prefer to file your comment on paper, 

write ‘‘ExotoUSA LLC—Old Southern 

Brass File No. 232 3035’’ on your 

comment and on the envelope, and mail 

your comment to the following address: 

Federal Trade Commission, Office of the 

Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW, Suite CC–5610 (Annex V), 

Washington, DC 20580. 

Because your comment will be placed 

on the publicly accessible website at 

https://www.regulations.gov, you are 

solely responsible for making sure your 

comment does not include any sensitive 

or confidential information. In 

particular, your comment should not 

include sensitive personal information, 

such as your or anyone else’s Social 

Security number; date of birth; driver’s 

license number or other State 

identification number, or foreign 

country equivalent; passport number; 

financial account number; or credit or 

debit card number. You are also solely 

responsible for making sure your 

comment does not include sensitive 

health information, such as medical 

records or other individually 

identifiable health information. In 

addition, your comment should not 

include any ‘‘trade secret or any 

commercial or financial information 

which . . . is privileged or 

confidential’’—as provided by section 

6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and 

FTC Rule section 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 

4.10(a)(2)—including competitively 

sensitive information such as costs, 

sales statistics, inventories, formulas, 

patterns, devices, manufacturing 

processes, or customer names. 

Comments containing material for 

which confidential treatment is 

requested must be filed in paper form, 

must be clearly labeled ‘‘Confidential,’’ 

and must comply with FTC Rule section 

4.9(c). In particular, the written request 

for confidential treatment that 

accompanies the comment must include 

the factual and legal basis for the 

request and must identify the specific 

portions of the comment to be withheld 

from the public record. See FTC Rule 

section 4.9(c). Your comment will be 

kept confidential only if the General 

Counsel grants your request in 

accordance with the law and the public 

interest. Once your comment has been 

posted on the https://

www.regulations.gov website—as legally 

required by FTC Rule section 4.9(b)—we 

cannot redact or remove your comment 

from that website, unless you submit a 

confidentiality request that meets the 

requirements for such treatment under 

FTC Rule section 4.9(c), and the General 

Counsel grants that request. 

Visit the FTC website at http://

www.ftc.gov to read this document and 

the news release describing the 

proposed settlement. The FTC Act and 

other laws the Commission administers 

permit the collection of public 

comments to consider and use in this 

proceeding, as appropriate. The 

Commission will consider all timely 

and responsive public comments it 

receives on or before January 8, 2024. 

For information on the Commission’s 

privacy policy, including routine uses 

permitted by the Privacy Act, see 

https://www.ftc.gov/site-information/ 

privacy-policy. 

Analysis of Proposed Consent Order To 

Aid Public Comment 

The Federal Trade Commission 

(‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) has accepted, 

subject to final approval, an agreement 

containing a consent order from 

ExotoUSA LLC, d/b/a Old Southern 

Brass, and Austin Oliver 

(‘‘Respondents’’). 

The proposed consent order has been 

placed on the public record for 30 days 

for receipt of comments by interested 

persons. Comments received during this 

period will become part of the public 

record. After 30 days, the Commission 

will again review the agreement and the 

comments received and decide whether 

it should withdraw from the agreement 

or make final the agreement’s proposed 

order. This matter involves 

Respondents’ advertising of glassware, 

mugs, pens, and other novelty items as 

made in the United States and claims of 

association with the U.S. military. 

According to the FTC’s complaint, 

Respondents (1) deceptively advertised 

certain products as made in the United 

States even though, in numerous 

instances, they were wholly imported, 

and (2) falsely claimed ExotoUSA LLC 

is veteran-operated, donates 10% of 

sales to military service charities, and 

incorporates bullets or bullet casings 

fired by the U.S. military into its 

products. Based on the foregoing, the 

complaint alleges Respondents violated 

section 5 of the Federal Trade 

Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. 45(a). 

The proposed consent order contains 

provisions designed to prevent 

Respondents from engaging in similar 

acts and practices in the future. 

Consistent with the FTC’s Made in USA 

Labeling Rule, 16 CFR part 323, and its 

Enforcement Policy Statement on U.S.- 

Origin Claims, 62 FR 63756, 63768 (Dec. 

2, 1997), Part I prohibits Respondents 

from making U.S.-origin claims for their 

products unless: (1) the final assembly 

or processing of the product occurs in 

the United States, all significant 

processing that goes into the product 

occurs in the United States, and all or 

virtually all ingredients or components 

of the product are made and sourced in 

the United States; (2) a clear and 

conspicuous qualification appears 

immediately adjacent to the 

representation that accurately conveys 

the extent to which the product contains 

foreign parts, ingredients or 

components, and/or processing; or (3) 

for a claim that a product is assembled 

in the United States, the product is last 

substantially transformed in the United 

States, the product’s principal assembly 

takes place in the United States, and 

United States assembly operations are 

substantial. 

Part II prohibits Respondents from 

making any representation, including 

any claim about the country of origin of 

a product or service or any claim 

Respondents have an association with 

the U.S. military, unless the 


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representation is not misleading and 

Respondents have a reasonable basis 

substantiating it. 

Parts III through V are monetary 

provisions. Part III imposes a judgment 

of $4,572,137.66 and partially suspends 

that judgment on the basis of the 

Respondents’ sworn financial 

statements. If the Commission 

concludes any Respondent made a 

material misrepresentation or omission 

in that Respondent’s sworn financial 

statement, the suspension as to that 

Respondent is lifted and the full 

judgment is immediately due. Part IV 

includes additional monetary provisions 

relating to collections. Part V requires 

Respondents to provide sufficient 

customer information to enable the 

Commission to administer consumer 

redress, if appropriate. 

Part VI is a notice provision requiring 

Respondents to identify and notify 

certain consumers of the FTC’s action 

within 30 days after the issuance of the 

order, or within 30 days of the 

consumer’s identification, if identified 

later. Respondents are also required to 

submit reports regarding their 

notification program. 

Parts VII through X are reporting and 

compliance provisions. Part VII requires 

Respondents to acknowledge receipt of 

the order, to provide a copy of the order 

to certain current and future principals, 

officers, directors, and employees, and 

to obtain an acknowledgement from 

each such person that they have 

received a copy of the order. 

Part VIII requires Respondents to file 

a compliance report within one year 

after the order becomes final and to 

notify the Commission within 14 days 

of certain changes that would affect 

compliance with the order. 

Part IX requires Respondents to 

maintain certain records, including 

records necessary to demonstrate 

compliance with the order. Part X 

requires Respondents to submit 

additional compliance reports when 

requested by the Commission and to 

permit the Commission or its 

representatives to interview 

Respondents’ personnel. Finally, Part XI 

is a ‘‘sunset’’ provision, terminating the 

order after twenty (20) years, with 

certain exceptions. 

The purpose of this analysis is to aid 

public comment on the proposed order. 

It is not intended to constitute an 

official interpretation of the complaint 

or proposed order, or to modify in any 

way the proposed order’s terms. 

By direction of the Commission. 

Joel Christie, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26945 Filed 12–7–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 3090–XXXX; Docket No. 

2023–0001; Sequence No. 8] 

Information Collection; Data Collection 

for a National Evaluation of the 

American Rescue Plan 

AGENCY: Office of Evaluation Sciences; 

Office of Government-wide Policy 

(OGP); General Services Administration 

(GSA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments 

regarding a request for a new OMB 

clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, OES is 

proposing new data collection activities 

conducted for the National Evaluation 

of the American Rescue Plan (ARP). The 

objective of this project is to provide a 

systematic look at the contributions of 

selected ARP-funded programs toward 

achieving equitable outcomes to inform 

program design and delivery across the 

Federal Government. The project will 

include in-depth, cross-cutting 

evaluations and data analysis of selected 

ARP programs, especially those with 

shared outcomes, common approaches, 

or overlapping recipient communities; 

and targeted, program-specific analyses 

to fill critical gaps in evidence needs. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

February 6, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

identified by Information Collection 

3090–XXXX; Data Collection for a 

National Evaluation of the American 

Rescue Plan via http://

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

via the Federal eRulemaking portal by 

searching for the OMB Control number 

3090–XXXX. Select the link ‘‘Comment 

Now’’ that corresponds with 

‘‘Information Collection 3090–XXXX; 

Data Collection for a National 

Evaluation of the American Rescue 

Plan’’. Follow the instructions on the 

screen. Please include your name, 

company name (if any), and 

‘‘Information Collection 3090–XXXX; 

Data Collection for a National 

Evaluation of the American Rescue 

Plan’’ on your attached document. If 

your comment cannot be submitted 

using https://www.regulations.gov, call 

or email the points of contact in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this document for alternate instructions. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite Information Collection 

3090–XXXX; Data Collection for a 

National Evaluation of the American 

Rescue Plan, in all correspondence 

related to this collection. Comments 

received generally will be posted 

without change to regulations.gov, 

including any personal and/or business 

confidential information provided. To 

confirm receipt of your comment(s), 

please check regulations.gov, 

approximately two-to-three days after 

submission to verify posting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Martin, Program Manager, 

(267)455–8556 at 

arp.national.evaluation@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

The goal of this study is to look 

systematically across the selected subset 

of ARP programs, to provide an 

integrated account of whether, how, and 

to what extent their implementation 

served to achieve their intended 

outcomes, particularly with respect to 

advancing equity. More specifically, the 

study aims to learn how lessons from 

examination of ARP programs and 

interventions with shared outcomes, 

common approaches, or overlapping 

recipient communities may inform 

equitable program design and delivery 

across the Federal Government. The 

study aims to address these overarching 

evaluation questions: 

• To what extent did ARP 

investments and policy interventions 

advance equitable outcomes for those 

they were designed to serve? 

• What strategies contributed to the 

successes, and where are different 

strategies needed? 

• Where multiple ARP programs aim 

to reach similar outcomes, especially 

among a shared population: 

Æ To what extent is there 

coordination across programs in their 

administration, customer experience 

strategies, or performance or outcome 

measurement practices? 

Æ To what extent are there collective 

impacts that could be attributed to more 

than one program? What kinds of 

impacts, if any, are observed? 

Æ What kinds of secondary effects are 

observed that may not be captured in 

targeted outcome measures? 

The list of 32 programs covered in the 

May 2022 White House report 

‘‘Advancing Equity through the 

American Rescue Plan’’ provided the 

scope of programs included in the 

National Evaluation. A partnership 


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